Easy template guide. Learn through a puzzle introduction. Differentiated for more able learners. Worksheet, powerpoint and advanced booklet for the gcse TOPIC PAYING ELECTRICITY BILLS. This resource was given an excellent rating by both inspectors of the lesson and the LEA advisor for numeracy. It uses my template idea to help students calculate and understand the process of calculating the bill.

This is a classification game based on the Guess who game. The instructions are: HOW TO PLAY 1 YOU NEED 2 PLAYERS TO PLAY THIS GAME. 2 HIDE YOUR GRID FROM THE OTHER PLAYER. 3 EACH PLAYER CHOOSES A CHARACTER AND PUT A RING AROUND THE NAME. DO NOT LET THE OTHER PLAYER SEE THE CHARACTER YOU HAVE CHOSEN. 4 PLAYER 1 GOES FIRST. ASK ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE CHARACTERS APPEARANCE THAT CAN BE ANSWERED YES OR NO. 5 CROSS OUT CHARACTERS THAT YOU HAVE RULED OUT FROM YOUR QUESTION. 6 THE WINNER IS THE FIRST TO GUESS WHO THE CHARACTER THE OTHER PLAYER HAS CHOSEN. Teacher notes: Print out the game sheet. Pupils have a sheet each and will play in pairs. Ask the pupils to write down the questions they asked. Introduce the idea of a classification tree of questions that would have found the person in the least number of questions.

An excellent YEAR 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 or KS3 crossword puzzle for introducing the rules of the laboratory. How to be safer in the laboratory and the names of equipment often used with bunsen burners. Answers are also provided in an easy printable format.